====== Magical Classes======

This is a snapshot of all types of magical classes, known covens and witch families in the Mercyverse. 


===== How to Read the Format: =====

**Name**: Alphabetical by type. \\
**IA**: Initial Appearance or Mention (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot.\\
**Characters Affiliated as this Magical Class** - Link will lead to individual character pages with expanded details. \\ \\
**Known Characteristics & Information **
  * Broken Down by Series/Short Fiction with page notation




===== A =====
===== B =====
====Black Witch====
[[Black Witch]]

====Blessed====
**Blessed**\\

===== C ===== 
====Cornick Witches====
[[Cornick Family Witches]]

===== D =====
===== E =====
===== F =====
===== G =====
====Gray Witch====
[[Gray Witch]]

====Green Witches====
[[Green Family Witches]]

===== H =====
====Hardesty Witches====
[[Hardesty Family Witches]]

===== I =====
===== J =====
===== K =====
====Kabbalah====
[[Kabbalah]]

====Keller Witches====
[[Keller Family Witches]]

====Kikimora Witches====
[[Kikimora Family Witches]]

===== L =====
===== M =====
====Mariposa Witches====
[[Mariposa Family Witches]]

===== N =====
===== O =====
===== P =====
===== Q =====
===== R =====
===== S =====
====Shaman====
[[Shaman]]
====Skinwalker====
[[Skinwalker]]
====Sorcerer====
[[Sorcerer]]
===== T =====
===== U =====
===== V =====
===== W =====
====Wild Magic====
[[Wild Magic]]
====Witch====
[[Witch]]
====Witchborn====
[[Witchborn]]
====Witchbound====
[[Witchbound]]
====White Witch====
[[White Witch]]
====Wild Magic====
[[Wild Magic]]
====Wizard====
[[Wizard]]
===== X =====
===== Y =====
===== Z =====

GENERAL SORCERER FACTS

a sorcerer, someone who controls the demon by means of a bargain, is far more deadly; they may live undetected by the human population for yearsBB-134
sorcerers sell themselves to demons for knowledge and powerBB-199
eventually, the sorcerer will lose control, and the demon takes overBB-134


GENERAL WITCHBLOOD FACTS
GENERAL WITCHCRAFT FACTS

History
clans of witchesCW-213
a bad time for all in Europe; the Inquisition had taken a terrible toll a couple of centuries before - and when it was over, the witches started fighting for power; only Napoleon kept them from exterminating each other entirelyCW-213
the only Western European bloodline to survive the power struggle was the Torvalis line, which was interbred with the GypsiesCW-213
the few witchblood families left in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars had quit killing each other, forced instead to protect themselves from the ravages of more mundane fightingCW-121
witches were still born here and there into mundane families, but seldom had a tenth of the power of the old familiesCW-214
the Eastern European and Oriental witches had never established the kind of dynasties the Western European witches hadCW-214
they guarded their spells from each other; so each family tended to specializeCW-214
witches are so jealous of each otherCW-219

From Chat Transcripts:
a witch is born to use magicChat 2007-11-03
they are trained in spell usageChat 2007-11-03
and they are usually born to different families who are witchesChat 2007-11-03
some of the things witches can do to increase their power, is as corrupting as sorceryChat 2007-11-03
witches do things with mind and body. Wizards have power over the physical -- and both do magic. The ends are sometimes the same, but the means are different. It's far easier to be a powerful wizard and still be a good person then it is to be a powerful witch.Chat 2008-07-27


From Cry Wolf:
witches and dead things went together; there were witches that didn't kill but they were far less powerful than their darker sistersCW-234
witches often hired themselves outCW-181
there were witches who regularly worked for the various law-enforcement agenciesCW-181
most witches are human and not immortalCW-191
magic and fire have an odd, synergistic effect sometimesCW-237
likely the witches didn't know why it was forbidden for them to try to take a werewolf for a pet or familiar--not that most of them had the power to do itCW-239

Black Witches

they used the mind and body; anyone's mind and body; they toyed with things that were alive - or had been aliveCW-233
a black witch/something evilCW-179
a dark witch gains power from others' pain and sufferingCW-235
black witches gained power by killing or torturing things: from flies to humansCW-233
most witches of any power are black witchesSB-302
they smell of it, some more than othersSB-302
there are black witches who skirt the doing of actual evil; skirting evil is difficult, time-consuming, and requires a lot more from a practitioner than true black magic doesSB-302

White Witches

most white witches weren't powerful enough to be usefulCW-229
it's hard to be a good witchCW-235
white witches weren't so badCW-233
people born to the witch families who have chosen to do no harmSB-301
not very powerful because witch magic gets its power from death, pain, and sacrifice, and white witches have chosen to eschew thatSB-302

Covens and Witch Families

Torvalis line

raise the deadCW-171


Spell Casting

imprisoning spells are pretty basicCW-189
illusions were among the very basic tenets of witchcraftCW-174
a strong enough witch can control any werewolf who doesn't have a pack to protect him; it is forbidden by witch law, but it is possibleCW-218
it usually took witches a while to gain a hold on a lone wolfCW-232
power circles: some witches used them to set guard spells to keep things they valued safe, and others used them to store power for drawing upon laterCW-234
changing what the senses of other perceived was one of the major powers of the witchCW-234
most of witchcraft is potions and spellsCW-236
witches could hide in plain sight if they had some sort of hold on you; hide-me spellsCW-238
a witch's creations did not survive their makerCW-280
self-sacrifice--as when the witch uses her own blood to fuel a spell -- has some power, but it's difficult to work withHG-120
power circles; some witches used them to set guard spells to keep things they valued safe, and others used to them to store power for drawing upon laterCW-234
changing what the senses of others perceived was one of the major powers of the witchCW-234


GENERAL WIZARD FACTS

Wizards aren’t exactly commonSd-
Sometimes I can fix things as well as move themSd-
they played with nonliving thingsCW-233
Wizards have power over the physical -- and both do magic. The ends are sometimes the same, but the means are different. It is far easier to be a powerful wizard and still be a good person than it is to be a powerful witch.
Wizards aren’t exactly commonSd-
A witch’s power centers on bodies and minds, flesh and blood. A wizard has power over the physicalSd-
Most wizards have at least a little Gypsy bloodSd-